Is there a thread on this site anymore where we are on topic?
oh well ...WTF!
Emails Show the White House Knew Trump Was Extorting Ukraine
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Nov 25, 2019 · Wildly Incriminating
Emails Show the
White House Knew Trump Was
Extorting Ukraine Staff, including Mick Mulvaney, scrambled to justify the hold on nearly $400 million in
aid …
Emails Show White House Moved To Halt Ukraine Aid Right ...
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18 hours ago · A trove of documents released late Friday evening show that the White House moved to halt nearly $400 million in military
aid to
Ukraine directly after President Donald
Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Congress was not to be told, according to the
email …
Emails Show Trump Admin Made Major Attempt To Justify Ukraine Aid Delay: Report
Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney was among those who tried to defend the president’s actions, The Washington Post reported.
A trove of documents has revealed that members of President
Donald Trump’s administration engaged in an extensive effort to justify his holdup of American military aid to
Ukraine over the summer,
The Washington Post reported Sunday.
A confidential White House review of the decision found hundreds of documents showing that officials searched for ways to defend the president’s delay of the funds ― a central focus of the House impeachment probe ― according to three people with knowledge of the records.
The Post reported that email exchanges from early August indicate acting chief of staff
Mick Mulvaney, along with members of the
Office of Management and Budget, sought to explain why Trump ordered in mid-July that almost $400 million be withheld, just days before his now-infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During that call, Trump pressed Zelensky repeatedly for assistance with a corruption probe of former Vice President Joe Biden and his ******* Hunter, based on unfounded corruption accusations.
At the time of the call, Trump had already hit pause on the aid, raising concerns that there may have been a quid pro quo with Zelensky. The money was released on Sept. 11.
People familiar with OMB’s handling of the matter told the Post that the conversations were “calm, routine and focused on the legal question of how to comply with the congressional Budget and Impoundment Act, which requires the executive branch to spend congressionally appropriated funds unless Congress agrees they can be rescinded,” the outlet reported.
As the documents included in the White House’s review were not published, it remains unclear exactly what was communicated by Mulvaney and OMB officials.
In October, Mulvaney acknowledged during a press conference that there was, in fact, a quid pro quo with Ukraine, telling reporters “we do that all the time with foreign policy” and that they should “
get over it.”
Hours later, Mulvaney
made a total reversal, releasing a statement slamming the media for attempting “to misconstrue my comments to advance a biased and political witch hunt against” the president, and claiming that “there was absolutely no quid pro quo.”
Earlier this month, Mark Sandy, a longtime OMB official, appeared before the House Intelligence Committee for closed-door testimony, making him the only member of the agency to participate in the impeachment inquiry so far.
Sandy told lawmakers that the delay in funds was very unusual and that senior OMB political appointees wanted to review the aid package, the Post reported.
Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney was among those who tried to defend the president's actions, The Washington Post reported.
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I guess what is driving me and about a million other dems crazy....everyone knows ..HE broke the law...….but it's trump and it's not that bad...…...so we just let it go?
what happens a few years down the road another president holds up aid in trade for ???/something else...….now all of sudden because it was ok for trump it will be ok for another to do it for another personal reason.....the same law doesn't apply to one and not another...…..and if we don't enforce do we just do away with them? and which ones...we let trump pick?
the next pres decides to hold up aid to Ven in exchange for free college education for his nephews and a few hundred thou in his campaign funds...… we have all agreed now that it is ok
and the emolument clause....pres not supposed to use the office to make money......and another that trump has shattered and nothing being said
subpoenas…. and so much more....he is flat destroying our constitution and making a mockery of our laws......we are a nation of laws......but to many he is doing what they would all like to do....so they love it
what they fail to see from this snakeoil salesman...…..he is dividing us far more than ever before....maybe even civil war and has called for unrest if he is not re-elected......destroying a lot of laws......now it is ok to ignore a subpoenas can't make me go to court....precident set now
we as a nation are getting more and more into guns and gun violence......little or no laws there.....we are literally allowing this man to destroy this country right before our eyes....promote hate and discontent.....and people fine with it
the outcome can not be good and we are just watching and letting it happen while others think it funny and encouraging more
Sad that the democrats has to stoop so low but it is neither the first time in history such vile ad hominem attacks were perpetrated by them, nor was it the first time they tried to shut me down.
is re-elected. 
